Lights Up!

Welcome to my new personal site!

After two-odd months of a bit of trial-by-fire web design, this little project is in go mode. It wasn’t without its challenges, but I’m glad over — mostly because I got more than just a website out of it.

Building this site reminded me of a few ever-valuable lessons. It  taught me  what it’s like to really stretch yourself again in areas you’re not insanely familiar with, and that you can be better at things than you think you are — perfectionist or not.

Above all, it was a great reminder that just like Harvard neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone says, the human brain is plastic, not elastic. You can’t force yourself to change or learn things immediately, but repeated exercises and reinforcement of your behaviour will help you mold your life and in turn, your skills. Pretty good fuel for tackling anything that at first glance seems a little daunting.

Best thing about this new site to me? I’ll be able to get a little bit more varied with it than I did on my old exclusively-weblog haunts. Full disclosure: some implementations are going to be rockier than others. That said, if I’ve learned anything in my relatively short yet diverse communications career, you don’t get anywhere without trying something — even if it means you have a bit of pie on your face to show for it. Expect this to become the hub for nearly all of my content whether it’s something I’ve made, want to share, or just find cool.

While I’m happy with what I’ve made, the perfectionist in me is not satisfied just yet. I’ve already jotted down plans for both behind-the-scenes enhancements and front-facing improvements to the site, and am working towards a little pet marketing project of mine that has a tentative go-live of early next year. All in good time.

In the meantime, I’d love to know what you think about the current look (my unabashed nerdy side is labelling it the Mark I). Any and all feedback is fair game. Drop me a line if you’d be so kind, either here or on Twitter. Cheers!